The Yankees have not had a good run of Opening Day starts. They have lost six straight Opening Day games, and eight of their last nine. Yesterday, one of the culprits was Chris Archer tossing a great game, but the loss was primarily Masahiro Tanaka’s fault, as he allowed seven earned runs over two and two-thirds innings. It was one of the worst starts of his career, and nearly everything went wrong. Let’s walk through what those mistakes were, and how they can be remedied in the future.
First inning, no outs: Corey Dickerson single
This is the second pitch of the game, and he already places a hanging 86 mph splitter at the knees.